omg thank you SOOOOSOSOSOO much! This really helped! thanks for being such a great help to me with all this! one more question I'm so sorry! Well, should I just search one of those paint programs on google and download one of them? Thanks so much again for your help

do you mean like my avatar and this stamp etc? It's called Pixel Art . Actually I think most pixel artists..at least the older ones (goes back to oldschool gaming systems like SNES etc) have used mice rather than tablets. I'll use my tablet -sometimes- while pixelling but usually not.

Pixelling can be done in most basic paint programs. I use photoshop, but gimp or even just MSPaint is fine for this. You use the 'Pencil' tool set to 1px and draw things literally pixel by pixel.

There's also something called 'Dolling' that I do that involves pixelling on a somewhat larger scale sometimes, but it's a bit easier for beginners maybe (its where i started with pixelling) as it only requires you to pixel the clothing, hair, makeup etc on to a premade/predrawn base . ( example of base i drew myself- [link] ).

There are lots of dolling and pixelling tutorials on DA if you look around! ^^ There are also dolling and pixel forums online with ppl willing to help try and show you how to improve your work if you're willing to listen and study :3

I dont use a tablet either 909% of the time. MANY people draw with mice . We all start from somewhere too. I've been drawing for some 10 years or so..it just takes time and patience. I didnt like my own work when I began either but you wont learn if you dont give it a shot and keep going! <3